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  • Two Students at an Art Gallery
    Our Courses
    The Museum Studies program features courses focusing on African art, contemporary exhibitions and conservation, and much more.
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  • Exhibiting Africa: Ways of Seeing, Knowing, and Showing
    Exhibiting Africa
    An exhibit organized by students offers a fresh look at the College's collections of African art and artifacts.
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    Bryn Mawr in Philly
    Museum Studies' Monique Scott is one of many Bryn Mawr faculty members using Philadelphia as their classroom.
    Read article featured in the August Alumnae Bulletin
  • Professor Monique Scott and class at the Mutter Museum
    Faculty and Staff
    Our growing program is all thanks to our dedicated and passionate faculty and staff, like Professor Monique Scott, here at the Mutter Museum
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  • Student Maeve White during summer internship
    Student Thoughts
    Some of our Museum Studies students, like Maeve White '18, share their experiences and thoughts about our program.
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  • Summer internship in Philadelphia.
    Student Internships
    Some students, like Summer Sloane-Britt '16, Dani Roomes '17 and Maeve White '18, spend their summers working in Philadelphia museums.
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Bryn Mawr College's program in Museum Studies provides a rich and dynamic education in both museum theory and practice. Students learn about the history of museums and their roles in society, and they engage with critical, theoretical museum scholarship. Through coursework and internships, students also have the opportunity to gain practical, hands-on experience in the Bryn Mawr Special Collections as well as in museums, galleries, and archives in Philadelphia and beyond.

This dynamic and interdisciplinary program connects courses from disciplines such as History of Art, Anthropology, Archaeology, History, Cities, Biology, and Geology. Students are always encouraged to look for new ways to connect Museum Studies to their coursework at Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore. The Museum Studies program also draws upon Bryn Mawr's extensive collection of more than 50,000 objects from diverse regions around the globe as well as the College’s collection of rare books and prints, photographs, and manuscripts.

As a model of engaged liberal arts, Museum Studies aims to create innovative interdisciplinary scholars who are poised to advance the Museum from the inside out. 

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Hands-On Learning
Bryn Mawr is in close proximity to the museum-rich Philadelphia region, and students have the opportunity to work with distinguished and diverse museum professionals across the city.
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A Day at the Museum
One Museum Studies Alum chronicles her experiences on the field trip Professor Scott led to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
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Olivia Porte '18
"Museum studies has continuously pushed me to think bigger than myself to find the critical connections between all of my academic and career interests..."
Department of Museum Studies
101 N. Merion Avenue
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010-2899

 

Monique Scott, Director of Museum Studies
Phone: 610-526-5084
mrscott@brynmawr.edu

 

Margaret Kelly, Administrative Support Staff
Phone: 610-526-5334
mkelly01@brynmawr.edu

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